Microsoft Study Finds Trojans Are Biggest Threat
News Vulnerabilities are decreasing but becoming easier to exploit; Trojans are the biggest threat; and Chinese computers are infected with more browser-based exploits than anywhere else. Downloaders or droppers, software that drops back doors on to...
[November 4, 2008, 6:30]
Mutant Bugbear Worm Targets Bank Security
News Soon after it surfaced last Wednesday, security software firms have upgraded the Win32.Bugbear.B virus from a medium level threat to high due to the rapid rate of infection. According to a report from the Associated Press, the US government has...
[June 11, 2003, 15:38]
Instant Messaging And P2P Attacks Skyrocket
News Security firm Symantec, which published its bi-annual Internet Threat Report on Wednesday, has found that the number of attacks over instant messaging and P2P systems quadrupled between January and June 2003.
[October 1, 2003, 17:49]
Linux Servers 'attacked More Often'
Talkback Symantec examined an automated tool like this, which accounted for supposable Nimda (blended threat) traffic, after it was captured in a Honeypot network3. The evidence in this report clearly shows that the risk of blended threats and attacks is...
[February 20, 2004, 19:15]
